[sinkspur]

It shows a great deal of ignorance that so many on here, Catholics included, claim what Mahoney is doing is the teachings or position of the entire Church.

Mahoney's position reflects that of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops:

In their 2003 pastoral letter, Strangers No Longer: Together on the Journey of Hope, the U.S. Catholic bishops called for a series of reforms to the broken U.S. immigration system, including: 1) policies to address the root causes of migration, such as global poverty; 2) reform of our legal immigration system, including an earned legalization program, a temporary worker program with appropriate worker protections, and reductions in waiting times in family-based immigration categories; and 3) restoration of due process for immigrants.

Source.

[Brytani]

The US Conference of Catholic Bishops isn't the entire Church, this position isn't upheld in the Catechism and this is not a statement by the Pope.

What's so difficult to understand about those facts?